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Stephenville FFA wins sweepstakes at Tarleton contest

Dr. Don Cawthon (center), dean of Tarleton's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, presents Stephenville FFA president Whitney Green with a $2,000 scholarship after the local chapter won the sweepstakes award at the 41st annual Tarleton Invitational Career Development Event Judging Contest. Also pictured (l-r) are Texas FFA Association state first vice president Tyler Reiley, state vice president Jordan Bien and state president Blake Vineyard.

More than 7,000 FFA members from approximately 400 high schools across Texas participated in the CDE Judging Contest with the top team being awarded a scholarship by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The event is dubbed the world’s largest FFA contest and serves as a practice round for chapters’ teams prior to their respective area contests.

Dr. Don Cawthon, dean of the college, presented Stephenville FFA with the $2,000 scholarship prize at the conclusion of the one-day contest during an awards assembly at Wisdom Gymnasium. Accepting the prize on behalf of the local FFA organization was chapter president Whitney Green.

In all, $20,000 in scholarships were awarded to the participating FFA chapters.

Last week’s FFA contest is the largest of three contests that Tarleton will host this spring. The university will welcome high school students again on April 10 for the Area FFA contest, and on April 18 when Tarleton hosts the State FFA contests for dairy cattle, environmental and natural resources, home site evaluation, land, milk quality and products, and range.

FFA Invitational CDE Contest

Dr. Don Cawthon (center), dean of Tarleton's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, presents Stephenville FFA president Whitney Green with a $2,000 scholarship after the local chapter won the sweepstakes award at the 41st annual Tarleton Invitational Career Development Event Judging Contest. Also pictured (l-r) are Texas FFA Association state first vice president Tyler Reiley, state vice president Jordan Bien and state president Blake Vineyard.